Li (people)
The Li ( Chinese 黎族 , Pinyin Lízú , also Hlai ) are one of the 55 officially recognized minorities of the People's Republic of China . According to the last census in 2010, they count 1,463,064 people. They mainly live in the island province of Hainan .
Language and writing
The individual Li groups speak one of the Li languages, which belong to the family of the Tai Kadai languages . For the Li languages, linguists created a font based on the Latin alphabet based on the Chinese pinyin transcription in 1957. The dialect of the Ledong Autonomous County of Li nationality des 东 黎族 was used as the basis, and the dialect of Baoding village 保定 was used as the pronunciation standard. Tones are expressed by consonants after each syllable.
See also
literature
- Ōuyáng Jiàoyà 欧阳 觉 亚, Zhèng Yíqīng 郑 贻 青: Líyǔ jiǎnzhì黎 语 简 志 ( Introduction to the Li language ; Beijing, Mínzú chūbǎnshè 民族 出版社 1980).
- Ōuyáng Jiàoyà 欧阳 觉 亚, Zhèng Yíqīng 郑 贻 青: Lí-Hàn cídiǎn黎 汉 词典 ( Li-Chinese dictionary ; Beijing, Mínzú chūbǎnshè 民族 出版社 1993).
Web links
- The Li ethnic minority (Chinese government side)